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Wednesday, December 10, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed ORL by 8 after three quarters and won 91–89.

Final
BOS87
CHA96
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +9
Final
LAC103
IND96
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +7
Final
WAS91
ORL89
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -8; Q4 WAS +2
Final
PHI79
ATL95
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +16
Final
BKN80
CHI105
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +25
Final
NOP107
DAL112
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
POR82
MIN90
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +8
Final
NYK95
SAS109
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +14
Final
MIA82
DEN102
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +20
Final
HOU93
GSW105
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2013–14Dec 10, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs NYK), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ ORL

Washington fights back late to top Orlando

Orlando led 75–67 after three. Washington won the fourth 24–14 and the game 91–89. John Wall led Washington with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+1-8+2WAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2619222491
ORL2123311489
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 6, 11, 18, 17, 9, 17, 26, 21WAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 8, 16, 9, 10, 2, 8, 5, 12WAS12 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 12, 14, 12, 27, 11, 20, 16, 17ORL17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 16, 14, 21, 17, 16, 22, 27, 15ORL15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Brooklyn by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

WAS over ORL2DAL over NOP5LAC over IND7MIN over POR8CHA over BOS9GSW over HOU12SAS over NYK14ATL over PHI16DEN over MIA20CHI over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
21.62013–14 avg9.2Last 2

9.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.6 in 2013–14 (59 games). Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg31.2Today

31 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38, 15, 34HOU @ GSW · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 43, 14, 14, 30, 25, 30, 26, 23, 18, 31NOP @ DAL · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 17, 16, 12, 7, 22, 13, 30NOP @ DAL · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 5, 4, 6, 17, 5, 6, 15, 30IND vs LAC · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 30, 18, 38, 23, 33, 19, 2, 26DAL vs NOP · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 22, 16, 23, 18, 11, 13, 16, 23CHA vs BOS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.7 14.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Andre DrummondDET+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Lou WilliamsTOR+2.9 16.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.1 6.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.3 23.2 last 10 · 25.5 season